Jasson Urbach | 24 Aug 2010 | Health Policy Unit
Imagine a medicine that has saved tens of millions of lives consistently for decades. Imagine that it is still being used highly successfully - yet, many people wish to see it taken out of use because they fear it may cause harm.
None | 30 Jul 2010 | Africa Fighting Malaria
The March of Washingtons will now also raise funds for the purchase and distribution of antibiotics for the treatment of pneumonia.
Donald Roberts & Richard Tren | 01 Jul 2010 | Environmental Health Perspectives
Herren and Mbogo's critique of our response (Tren and Roberts 2010) to van den Berg (2009) is lacking in substance. In their letter, they attack our work by characterizing our advocacy for using DDT to control malaria as a distraction from larger malaria control issues.
None | 30 Jun 2010 | Africa Fighting Malaria
The World Bank and its partners are failing to improve health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa using Sector-Wide Approaches (SWAPs), according to a report by Advocacy to Control TB Internationally (ACTION).
None | 30 Jun 2010 | Africa Fighting Malaria
Drug resistance is seriously undermining efforts to cure disease in developing countries, a new report by the Center for Global Development (CGD) warns. The report argues that although eventual resistance is inevitable, it has been accelerated unnecessarily by careless practices in drug supply and use.
None | 28 Jun 2010 | Africa Fighting Malaria
News out on Friday from Cambodia reports that efforts to control emerging ACT drug resistance is paying off. Dr. Duong Socheat, head of Cambodia's National Center for Malaria Control, reports that the results from their work have been very encouraging.
Jasson Urbach | 25 Jun 2010 | Health Policy Unit
Although many perceive Africa as a place of wars and deadly diseases, thanks to great malaria control, South Africa has shown that this disease is preventable and to a very large extent, is being stopped at the borders.
None | 18 Jun 2010 | Africa Fighting Malaria
Two recent articles in "TIME" get it right...and wrong: In the article The Battle for Global Health: Battling a Scourge, published June 10, Alex Perry writes, "Spraying houses with insecticide — which in 2008 cut malaria infections in half — is also forbidden."
Roger Bate | 15 Jun 2010 | American.com
A new study finds public- and private-sector efforts having a positive effect on poor quality medicines in two West African cities. Substandard and counterfeit drugs can be lethal to patients and accelerate drug resistance across at-risk populations.
Roger Bate | 17 May 2010 | Wall Street Journal
The Food and Drug Administration of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh recently conducted a series of raids throughout its region to uncover counterfeit drugs. The raids yielded large quantities of substandard medicines and resulted in several arrests.